My 5 Alarm Hoe

[Tonyrodz]

I wanted to from barn to liftgate but something is missing or diff on the rear

Even the taillights are different. If I remember, you had to slightly modify taillights from a hatch to work with your barn doors.

 

[Cattivo]

I've read that's not a direct swap. Brackets are completely different. Not a direct swap, but supposedly can be done with a lot of work.

I was looking at both rear doors yesterday and the thought crossed my mind...guess I drank too many beers during the bbq yesterday lol

 

[PG01]

Even the taillights are different. If I remember, you had to slightly modify taillights from a hatch to work with your barn doors.

They bolted up fine but the light sockets were diff when I swapped my pink outlined ones

 

[Cattivo]

Even the taillights are different. If I remember, you had to slightly modify taillights from a hatch to work with your barn doors.

Yea I had to dremel some plastic to get the LED tail lights to fit on the barn doors...I'm sure it would be just as easy to get the Esky tail lights to fit in the barn doors

 

[Tonyrodz]

They bolted up fine but the light sockets were diff when I swapped my pink outlined ones

Pink huh? Sweet!

 

[PG01]

Thats what the outer edge looked like to me that's why I swapped them out... hated them

 

[Rocket Man]

So I'm not really a fan of how the Esky drives with the new suspension that was put in...this is where the wheels start spinning in my head. My new plan is to fix the Hoe since she only has 97k miles and the Esky has 180k but runs great...I'm going to remove all the parts from the Esky and swap them into the Hoe like the nice and comfy(power & heated) leather seats compared to my uncomfortable manual seats, pretty much a full interior swap including the dash and door panels...this is the perfect opportunity to rip out the nasty carpet and install the new black molded carpet I bought a while ago

I finally figured out why the Hoe has been idling very rough, it seems the intake manifold has a hair line crack in it which is throwing all sorts of codes, also some sort of vacuum leak from one of the hoses.

Does anyone know if I can swap the intake manifold and throttle body from the Esky onto the Hoe to save a few bucks? A new AC Delco intake manifold for the Hoe is about $500... Not sure since the Hoe has the 5.3 and the Esky has the 6.0 engine

I have an OEM intake manifold off my '02 6.0 which is in great shape and it's the exact same part that's on your '01 Tahoe 5.3. I don't need it and you can have it for the cost of shipping, probably $50.

 

[PG01]

I have an OEM intake manifold off my '02 6.0 which is in great shape and it's the exact same part that's on your '01 Tahoe 5.3. I don't need it and you can have it for the cost of shipping, probably $50.

Red, remember when you needed your stock airbox? Just sayin.....

 

[Rocket Man]

Red, remember when you needed your stock airbox? Just sayin.....

Yeah well, if I ever need that intake it means I've given up on the blower and then I'll also need a ton of other parts that I no longer have either. Once you've gone Whipple there's no going back!

 

[PG01]

Yeah well, if I ever need that intake it means I've given up on the blower and then I'll also need a ton of other parts that I no longer have either. Once you've gone Whipple there's no going back!

I know.... busting chops